Beijing Olympic Forest Park’s Runner’s Station, China, Stainless Steel Arcades, Chinese Architecture Design Photos

Runner’s Station at Beijing Olympic Forest Park

18 March 2022

Design: TEMP

Location: Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Beijing Olympic Forest Park's Runner's Station

Photos by Weiqi Jin

Beijing Olympic Forest Park’s Runner’s Station, China

Stainless Steel Arcades Framing Olympic Park’s Runner’s Station
The Runner’s Station is built inside Beijing’s Olympic Forest Park as a public utility. Like others around China, this sports park that held the 2008 Olympic Games were tasked to install supporting services that better serve the locals.

Beijing Olympic Forest Park's Runner's Station

Hosting most Beijing runners around the year, the park commissioned TEMP to design a stop where runners can meet, store their belongings, buy drinks, and shower.

Beijing Olympic Forest Park's Runner's Station

Beijing Olympic Forest Park's Runner's Station

Full Service for Runners
On one of the park’s open plots, the architect erects two structures that house female and male shower rooms respectively. They mark the perimeter of a public square and open it up to visitors.

Runner's Station Beijing Olympic Forest Park

Runner's Station Beijing Olympic Forest Park

During onsite studies, the team observed runners stretching with whatever natural props nearby — stones, trunks or branches. To address this need, the architect proposed to install multiple stretch bars that curved to various directions, to fit all body types. The slender white curves of the bars serve dutifully among the trees, blending into the curvy branch lines and white trunk paints.

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Arcades that Open and Enclose
Across the site, arches take on various functions and shapes, balancing the rigidity of these rectilinear structures.

Beijing Olympic Forest Park's Runner's Station

Runner's Station Beijing Olympic Forest Park

With both sides opened, the arcade welcomes traffic from all sides and merges with the plaza. Several parabolic arches form an arcade that shelter lines of lockers. Raised by flat and steep curves, the arcade yields a powerful symmetrical presence in the open air.

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A repeating series of arches enclose the showering rooms, with translucent glasses guaranteeing privacy as well as natural light during the day.

Beijing Olympic Forest Park's Runner's Station

As one walks through the interior passage, the inverted blind arcades underscore the building’s role as a communal place. The facility not only serves the public functionally but also highlights aesthetic values of design.

Runner's Station Beijing Olympic Forest Park

Beijing Olympic Forest Park’s Runner’s Station in China – Building Information

Client: Beijing Olympic Forest Park
Location: 300 Sqm
Commission: Architecture
Design Firm: TEMP – http://te-mp.org/
Principal: Howard Jiho Kim
Team: Francesca Tongxin Guan, Yaodong Ding, Yao Rao, Zirui Chen
Appointment: 2021.04
Completion: 2021.12

Runner's Station Beijing Olympic Forest Park

Photography: Weiqi Jin

Beijing Olympic Forest Park’s Runner’s Station images / information received 180322

Location: Beijing, China, eastern Asia

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